Oral history interview with Byllye Avery, 2003
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- Name
- Avery, Byllye, 1937- (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Byllye Avery, 2003
- Abstract
- Affiliations: Founder of the Bainesville Women's Health Center in Gainesville, Florida; abortion experiences of low-income women; experiences at health center in Gainesville; Medicaid coverage of abortions; underground clergy referral network; control over one's reproductive health; doctores performing illegal abortions, 1960s
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Community activists; Abortion--United States; Women's health services--History--20th century.--United States; Reproductive rights--United States; Avery, Byllye, 1937-; Gainesville Women's Health Center
- Format
- oral histories; video recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2003
- Note (Biographical)
- Health Care Activist
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, September, 2003
- Note (Provenance)
- Byllye Avery, Gift 2003
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13792716
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7hsq-q973
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.